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Evening Star, Issue 15877, 9 August 1915, Page 5

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“ Our Own ” wires from Christchurch: Gradually the little circle of French immigrants who arrived in Aiaroa under the auspices of .the _ Nantd Bordelaise is being narrowed, it being further depleted by the death of' Claude Jean Baptiste Feveneaux at Aiaroa on, Friday night, aged 86 years. This deceased was born oh October 29, 1828, in the Commune de Ruffey, Cantpn de Bletterens, France, and. with his parents was one of the band of .emigrants to arrive,in Akaroa Harbor in the Comte do Pans in 1840. At the age of 19 he mar-*,-ad Madeline .Catherine Libeau,- also an

emigrant on the Gomie de Paris, and after several years’- residence vent to the West ; Coast, thence to Wellington, whence he made ■several t rips tq the Australia n gold diggings, on the return from one of which' in 1855, na had the ill-fortune to lose a bag of cold of a value of £6OO. which fell from his vest into the water as ho was leaving the vessel. He_returned to Akaroa some years ago, and in 1897 celebrated Iris golden v cooing. His widow and four children survive him.

Me lindenstfiiwl (says-. tiro ‘Wyndham iarnicr ) that the cure of the WyndhamI ertroas Anglican parish has been declined by the Rev. Ernest; fitrcele, curate of St. John’s, Invercargill. , Senhor. Bernardio Micliado has been elected President of Portugal. From Auckland we learn of the death of Mr William John Moore, a Dunedin man. who will be well remembered. He Was born in Sydney 70 years ago, and was educated-in Melbourne, where be served five years as a pupil teacher, then had a term of nearly four an Soots College, arid afterwards had charge of a country school.' He came to Dunedin in 1875 to enter the- service of the Otago Education Board, and in July of that year was appointed head master at Kaihikri. In August of 1878 he was promoted to the head mastership of Kensington School, a position that he held until 30th September, 1910, when ha retired owing to illhealth, shortly afterwards taking up Ids residence in Auckland. In 1873 he married a daughter of Mr Harle, of Newcastle (New South Wales). Mr Moore took an active interest in the .affairs of the Otago Educational Institute, and at one time filled the office of president. He was also an enthusiastic member of the Caledonian Society. -In ins earlier years he was a well-known athlete, and took part in many contests. It was as a cricketer, however, that be was best known outside of educational matters. If we mistake not, he first played at Baldutha. and on •shifting to town he became associated first with the University and then with the Phoenix Club. In our cricketing scraps'we find his name prominent in a list of averages for the season—it was .the year in which. Adam Glen headed the bowlers with 4.22. for 101 wickets. “ W.J.,’’ as he was called on the field, came second with 4.30 for 90 wickets. He was a fast over-arm bowler, so well thought of that, though no bat, be was sure of a place in important matches, and was one of fhe Otago team that played against Australia on one occasion. Some old cricketers may recall the facts that be and Carr refused to bowl against, the wind in that match, and Hugh Mac Neil was put on. Those were the days when Vernon, Fulton, Oscar Haskell, VV. Parker, and Paramor were amongst the Otago men. Mr Moore was gentlemanly in appearance and manner, brimful of activity, and keen, in his work. Hundreds of our youn<j men and women owe much to his example and teaching.